Study (year) | Sample size (intra-articular OO) | Average age of the patients (years) | Average duration of symptoms until the accurate diagnosis (months) | Symptoms | Histopathological analysis performed (number of confirmations / number of biopsies) | Average follow-up period (months) | Primary success rate a | Recurrence rate (number of recurrences/ sample size) | Complications |
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Ghanem et al (2003) [31] | 23 (2) | 12 | 34 | intensified nocturnal pain, joint stiffness, limp | YES (1/12) | 41 | 91.3% (21/23) | 8.7% (2/23) | 2 S—developed asymmetry of joint range of motionb 1 m—transient muscle atrophy |
Papagelopoulos et al (2006) [44] | 16 (16) | 27 | NR | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) | NO | 30 | 100% (16/16) | 0% (0/16) | 5 m—transient pain 1 m—transient paraesthesia |
Peyser et al (2007) [32] | 51 (7) | 20 | 11 | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) | YES (15/32) | 24 | 98.0% (50/51) | 2.0% (1/51) | 1 S—wound infection |
Peyser et al (2009) [45] | 22 (5) | 13 | 12 | pain | YES (8/12) | 39 | 95.5% (21/22) | 4.5% (1/22) | 1 S—subtalar joint degenerative changes 1 m—superficial infection |
Akhlaghpoor et al (2010) [46] | 21 (6) | 19 | 43 | persistent pain partially relieved by NSAIDs | NO | 28 | 100% (21/21) | 0% (0/21) | 1 m—skin burn |
Mylona et al (2010) [19] | 23 (7) | 28 | 19 | intensified nocturnal pain | NO | 12 | 91.3% (21/23) | 0% (0/23) | NO |
Al-Omari et al (2012) [47] | 30 (2) | 15 | NR | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) | NR | 30 | 93.3% (28/30) | 3.3% (1/30) | 2 m—skin burn |
Rimondi et al (2012) [48] | 557 (65) | 21 |  ~ 6 c | persistent pain partially relieved by NSAIDs | YES (95/557) | 42 | 95.7% (533/557) | 4.3% (24/557) | 2 S—maximum procedure temperature was not achieved 1 m—thrombophlebitis 1 m—skin burn 1 m—broken electrode |
Albisinni et al (2014) [4] | 27 (27) | 30 | 30 | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) | YES (9/27) | 67 | 96.3% (26/27) | 3.7% (1/27) | NO |
Cheng et al (2014) [49] | 66 (14) | 19 | NR | NR | NR | 53 | 92.1% (58/63)d | 7.6% (5/63)d | 1 S—wound infection |
Garge et al (2017) [50] | 30 (4) | 13 | NR | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) | YES (10/18) | NR | 96.7% (29/30) | 0% (0/30) | 1 m—transient interosseous nerve damage following OO ablation of the radial head |
Hage et al (2018) [51] | 92 (3) | 18 | NR | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) | NR | 93 | 91.3% (84/92) | 6.5% (6/92) | 1 S – surgically treated abscess 1 S—pulmonary oedema |
Esteban Cuesta et al (2018) [28] | 207 (13) | 22 | NR | characteristic pain | NR | 12 | 98.1% (203/207) | 1.9% (4/207) | 3 S—technique failures |
May et al (2019) [29] | 43 (26) | 12 |  ~ 6 e | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs), limp | YES (43/84) | 12 | 92.7% (38/41) | NR | 1 S – deep tissue infection 1 S – pathological fracture 1 m – transient paraesthesia |
Baal et al (2019) [30] | 71 (1) | 16 | NR | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) | NR | 27 | 85.9% (61/71) | 14.1% (10/71) | NO |